PUBLIC LAW 106-65—OCT. 5, 1999 113 STAT. 945 "(4) A description of the highest priority requirements of the Department of Defense with respect to the Department of Energy stockpile stewardship and management program as of that date. "(5) An assessment of the extent to which the requirements referred to in paragraph (4) are being addressed by the Department of Energy as of that date.". (d) NUCLEAR MISSION MANAGEMENT PLAN.— (1) The Secretary lo use ii3 note, of Defense shall develop and implement a plan to ensure the continued reliability of the capability of the Department of Defense to carry out its nuclear deterrent mission. (2) The plan shall do the following: (A) Articulate the current policy of the United States on the role of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence in the conduct of defense and foreign relations matters. (B) Establish stockpile viability and capability requirements with respect to that mission, including the number and variety of warheads required. (C) Establish requirements relating to the contractor industrial base, support infrastructure, and surveillance, testing, assessment, and certification of nuclear weapons necessary to support that mission. (3) The plan shall take into account the following: (A) Requirements for the critical skills, readiness, training, exercise, and testing of personnel necessary to meet that mis- ' sion. (B) The relevant programs and plans of the military departments and the Defense Agencies with respect to readiness, sustainment (including research and development), and modernization of the strategic deterrent forces. (e) NUCLEAR EXPERTISE RETENTION MEASURES.—(1) Not later Deadline, than March 15, 2000, the Secretary of Energy and Secretary of Defense shall submit to the committees specified in subsection (g) a joint plan setting forth the actions that the Secretaries consider necessary to retain core scientific, engineering, and technical skills and capabilities within the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and the contractors of those departments in order to maintain the United States nuclear deterrent force indefinitely. (2) The plan shall include the following elements: (A) A baseline of current skills and capabilities by location. (B) A statement of the skills or capabilities that are at risk of being lost within the next ten years. (C) A statement of measures that will be taken to retain such skills and capabilities. (D) A proposal for recruitment measures to address the loss of such skills or capabilities. (E) A proposal for the training and evaluation of personnel with core scientific, engineering, and technical skills and capabilities. (F) A statement of the additional advanced manufacturing programs and process engineering programs that are required to maintain the nuclear deterrent force indefinitely. (G) An assessment of the desirability of establishing a nuclear weapons workforce reserve to ensure the availability of the skills and capabilities of present and former employees of the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, and
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